79: Sterilized

79: Sterilized

By Nancy Mullane / Panoply

Beginning in 1907, states in the US began to forcibly sterilize over 60,000 Americans -- people considered by scientists to be “unfit” -- the mentally ill, the disabled, the morally suspect. Now, a few states are trying to figure out what they owe to the program's survivors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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